New iMac won't open iPhoto library

I copied the iPhoto library from my MacBook Pro to my new iMac. I was running iPhoto 9 on the MBP. When I double-clicked the copied iPhoto library on my iMac, iPhoto opened and said it would have to update the library and I clicked ok. Nothing happened. I waited a long while and closed iPhoto. When I reopened it it was empty. Now when I click the library icon it opens iPhoto but nothing at all happens, not even a dialog about updating.
Also, the library is not visible in Finder but I know it's there because I can see it with Pathfinder.
iMac, Lion

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