Flash CS4 publishes/previews with missing masked images

This has me stumped and frustrated!
I have some simple bitmaps that I've masked with graphics.
When I use the playhead to watch the movie, it looks fine. When I preview or publish, the masked images are missing completely.
What could I be doing wrong?
Help!
Thanks heaps!
A couple additional notes - the layer with the graphic (symbol) is rotated and the layer above it (mask) is also rotated at an angle. I don't see how that should matter at all...

Thanks for the quick reply -
Here's a screenshot. I have a total of 4 masked images throughout the movie (none of which are working). In this case, I'm showing you "mask" (the orange box) and "photo-windows" (the image below it)

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