Zip Goes a Million is a musical with a book and lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by George Posford, based on the 1902 novel Brewster's Millions. It premiered in London in 1951, starring George Formby, and ran for 544 performances.
Programme for the 1951 West End production
Brewster's Millions is a comedic novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902, originally under the pseudonym of Richard Greaves.
First edition cover
The yacht scene from the Broadway play. Edward Abeles played Monty Brewster on Broadway as well as in the later film.