Losing objects when producing a pdf

CS5, Mac, 10.5.8
I have a page with 5 photos and type, grayscale photos and spot color stroke around the photos. Inverse rounded photos.
When I produce any type pdf with bevel and emboss added to the photos they disappear in the pdf. In InDesign transparency flattner preview the photos turn red indicating they are affected. I have tried placing the photos on different layers with no luck. I'm sure there is an easy fix for this but I'm out of ideas.

I have narrowed it down to the photo frame but I am as puzzled as ever.
I can create a new frame and import the photoshop grayscale file with 1 pt. rule and bevel and emboss and it will pdf fine. If I copy and paste the old frame from my other ID document with same rule and bevel and emboss and paste right beside the new frame it does not print to pdf but the new does. If I remove the bevel and emboss on the old frame it will then show up.
I created a IDML file and opened a new file with same results. I resaved the Photoshop file (.psd). I created a new object style from the new frame and applied it to the old frame but no change. There is an override (+) when the new object style is applied to the old frame but I can't find what it is. I can clear it with no change. Whatever the override is must be the problem, but I can't find it or even override it with a good profile. The (+) will go away but it still does not work.
I duplicated the old (bad) frame, deleted the contents, copied the contents from the good frame, plasted into with no success. I deleted the placed file, still not even the old frame will print to pdf. If I turn OFF the bevel and emboss on just the frame it will print.
I deleted the stroke from the old frame with just photo and bevel and emboss and it will not print.
I have been through all the object style options for both good and bad and I can find no difference between the old and new frames, except the new will print to pdf successfully and old will not. If I remove the bevel and emboss the old will print.
My brain hurts.

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