Bunny Blake is a movie star. Her hometown fan club sends her a magic ring, in which she sees the faces of her friends and family from the small town in which she grew up. They implore her to come back home. Though she's been hired to make a movie in Rome, Bunny returns to her hometown, Howardville, where she spends quality time with her sister, Hildy and Bud, her nephew. The annual town picnic is on that day. She tries to get the event postponed, but to no avail; at the last minute, she arranges a one-woman show at the high school auditorium. All the while she hears thunder outside and sees crystal ball-like images in the ring of a jetliner encountering severe weather. It starts to rain. Hildy accuses Bunny of "showing off" by announcing her one-woman show so suddenly, forcing the town to