Fuzzy Exclamation Point when I pick a picture

Hi. I just upgraded to a MBP 15 inch from a G5 iMAC running Tiger 10.4.11. I moved my iPHoto library to an external hard drive, then moved that to the MBP. After openning the iPhoto 09 on the MBP, the library seemed nicely intact. when I look at albums, I see my photos. In the left bottom corner of most of the photos is a small exclamation point. when I click on the pictures to do something with them (crop, change image settings, etc.) the photo is present for split second and then I get a fuzzy exclammation point (black) on a fuzzy white circular field which itself is on a black field.
Why is iPhoto doing this?
Any explanations and thoughts on how to fix this?
Thanks, Andy

The ! turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents.
Try rebuilding the database. Hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose the top three options.
If that fails:
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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