Move rejected to trash doesn't work

I used space saver to reject videos that were not in the project or labeled with a keyword, and they are clearly marked as rejected. But when I click on "move to trash", nothing happens.
I really need the space on my computer. Is there any way to clear these from the iMovie memory?
The solutions that I find in the earlier threads haven't worked.

hi. similar problem here. i've marked whole bunch of clips and parts of clips as rejected. then switched to "view rejected only" and hit "move rejected to trash" button. nothing happens.. trash stays empty and rejected clips aren't going anywhere.
would appreciate your thoughts and solutions.
i have a feeling it has to do with the fact that these rejected clips are imported from iphoto (movies made with photo camera) and still physically stored (checked using "reveal in finder" in the iphoto library). But even if that's the reason it's still really strange imovie doesn't give a warning or explanation.
Aarrggh. So much valuable time for stupid software bugs..
Thanks

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