IPhoto 05 Files are Self-Corrupting

My oldest iPhoto files have become corrupted. These are files that I imported in 2004. (I later upgraded to iPhoto '05.) I can see the thumbnails but when I try to open a picture I get white space where the picture should be and, of course, the endless circle.
When I slide the thumbnail to the Desktop and try to open it I get:
"Couldn't open the file. It may be corrupt or a file format that Preview doesn't recognize."
When I try to access the photo from another applications I get:
"The image file can't be used because you don't have access privileges, or because it has no content or is corrupted."
Does anyone know how I can access/uncorrupt these files?
I can't "revert to original" on them because I never made changes to them.

I am no expert, and possibly someone who is here will know better. Have you tried looking in the "photos" folder on your hard drive to see if these pics are still there. If so, try double clipping a couple to see if they open in preview. If they do, I would re import them to iPhoto.
Just a thought! Hope it works for you!
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