IPhoto Locks Up, What do I do?

Freezes when I start it. I can't scroll down thru my albums, the cursor is just unresponsive when you try to click on window to anything. Does not show that software is "not responding" when applying force quit.
Anybody have these syptoms? Any solutions?

What version of iPhoto?
As a Test:
Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there?

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