Iphoto 4.0.3 would not open

I have an imac (500 MHz PowerPC G3) running Mac OS X version 10.2.8. My iPhoto 4.0.3 would not open. It would just bounce a few times in the dock and then nothing would happen. I then deleted the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file. My iPhoto now opens but does not recognize any of my photos in my iPhoto library, just the albums. I thought about rebuilding the library, but I don't have enough hard drive storage space. Is there a way I can rebuild using my external hard drive? Plus, why did this happen in the first place? I would appreciate any assistance on this manner.

but each photo has the wrong date and title
Carrie,
I suspect the date and title you're referring to are those assigned when the images were first imported (iPhoto logged the import dates, and you entered the titles). Remember that database corruption that kept iPhoto from opening? We can now surmise that it involved those dates and titles.
iPhoto keeps track of about four different dates (that was the topic of an interesting discussion about a month or two ago -- check the archives if you're interested). The file dates for each photo should still be intact because they are part of the file. The other dates are kept in iPhoto data files, and if they become corrupt, iPhoto replaces them with the date of the library rebuild. The result is that photos will get different roll associations (the various file dates are viewable by selecting a photo and pressing command-I to bring up the Photo Info panel).
You'll just have to redo any errant titles manually. You could certainly try rebuilding the corrupt library again, but I doubt the result will be any different (just make sure you keep track of which iPhoto Library folder is which in the process).

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