Can't use iPhoto in iMovie

When I drag a still image from my iPhoto library it shows up in the project library broswer.
It's automatically assigned the standard display time of 4 secs.
But it won't display in the playback area when you play or drag the cursor timeline over it.
The images (and I have tried many) are standad jpegs etc.
When I selct an image it displays correctly in the window above the iPhoto library.
I've also tried dragging jpegs from the desktop as well / That doesn't work either.
I've created a movie with just a couple of still images (no transitions) and that doesn't work.
I tried a video clip / still image / video clip. All that does is play the the first frame of the video as a still, then it actually plays the video and then it plays the last clip of the video as a still as the cursor travels across my actual still image.
I'm completely up to date on all updates for iLife 11
Any ideas?

Hi
Please tell: What fixes did You try - that didn't work - so we can omit them.
A. Corrupted iMovie pref file - very common problem
- Trash all iMovie pref files (or rather to test this - start a new User Account / Log into this - if iMovie now works OK then the problem most likely is here)
B. Correpted iMovie movie project - the other project's run's well
C. iPhoto - Corrupted iPhoto Library
- THIS TAKES SEVERAL HOUR TO MEND and
- YOU need lot's of free space on Your Start-Up (Macintosh HD) Hard Disk - else it might crash !
To me it takes about 24 hours - AND I CAN NOT use the Mac during this time (just to prevent it from HANGING and destroying more than can be fixed)
Start iPhoto - BUT KEEP option-key AND cmd-key down during all up-start.
Now You got a list to select from - SELECT ALL
IF a Lap-top - CONNECT Power-Mains - Battery will not last !
Do something else for lot's of hours.
When its done - Close iPhoto
Open iMovie and see if it now works OK
Good Luck !
Yours Bengt W

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