Changing the _alpha value of a movie does nothing for me

Question

Hi
This is probably a real basic problem but it has had me
tearing my hair out.
I have two movies which I have moved into position
programatically and now I wish to alter the _alpha value of them.
Putting a trace on the fadeMovie function shows that the
value is decreasing but I can see no visual affect
Please help!!!!!
var words = new Array("Traffic Conversion Rates are falling",
"Text2", "Text 3");
var word = new String("As A Result Sales Are Falling");
var canvasSize = 550;
var midPoint = canvasSize/2;
var screenClearCount = 1;
var currentAction = 1;
var TextSpacing = 70;
attachMovie("TextDesc_1", "Text_mc", 1);
Text_mc._x = -250;
Text_mc._y = 100;
Text_mc.textDesc = words[0];
attachMovie("TextDesc_1", "texthold_mc", 2);
texthold_mc._x = 600;
texthold_mc._y = 150;
texthold_mc.textDesc = word;
onEnterFrame = function () {
if (currentAction == 1) {
actionOne();
if (currentAction == 2) {
fadeMovie(Text_mc)
fadeMovie(texthold_mc)
// fadeMovie(texthold_mc)
function moveMovieClip(movie, moveDirection) {
if (moveDirection == "Forwards") {
movie._x += 10;
} else {
movie._x -= 10;
function actionOne() {
trace("Action one");
if (Text_mc._x<=((midPoint)-(Text_mc._width/2))) {
moveMovieClip(Text_mc, "Forwards");
} else if
(texthold_mc._x>=((midPoint)-(texthold_mc._width/2))) {
moveMovieClip(texthold_mc, "Backwards");
} else {
currentAction = 2;
function fadeMovie(movie) {
if (movie._alpha>0) {
movie._alpha -= 10;

Answer 1

I have only glanced at the code, but it would appear that you
are trying to fade movieclips that contain text (either that or you
name your movie clips really wierdly!).... Anyway try embedding the
text. Hope this helps.