Josephine and her two employees try their hand at painting props at the Park Theater in Ben Lomond, California. Their services are urgently needed because Mac, senior prop painter, turned up dead in the theater's blistering attic. Why was the door bolted from the outside? Josephine is not only intrigued with painting props and looking into the murder, but also becomes involved with Mac's family. His widow, Daisy, her mysterious adopted son and a niece...