Iphoto 6- Missing photos/Other photos appear small

OK. I'm new with computers and my Mac.
I have two identical film rolls in Iphoto 6.
The photos in Roll A have been replaced with
a gray box and an exclamation point. I followed
the directions to try and retrieve these photos, but the
Iphoto would not let me put these photos into Iphoto
because they are already in Iphoto?!?!?
Roll B has the same photos as Roll A, but these appear small- 360X270-
while all the other photos in my other rolls are 2816X2112.
If I can't retrieve the original photos in Roll A, can I at least
fix the photos in Roll B so they look like all my other photos?
Brian

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I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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