Iphoto film roll change

is there anyway to move photos from one film roll to another to consolidate film rolls. i tried highlighting a photo and dragging it to another film roll but the no other film rolls will highlight to accept it.
powerbook g4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

If it was a good idea, iPhoto would probably have the option, but if you want to do it...
Create a folder on the desktop and name it how you want the roll named. Launch iPhoto, open the first roll so you can see its thumbnails; make a block selection and drag the selection to the desktop folder you've just created. Drag the contents of the second roll to the same folder in the same way. Select each of these two roll icons and drag them to the iPhoto trash (but don't empty it yet). Find the folder of pictures on the desktop and drag the folder back into the main iPhoto window.
Once the contents of the folder have been successfully imported, you can drag the folder from the desktop to Mac trash, and you can empty the iPhoto trash.

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