Screensaver pref hangs 'looking for photos'

I have a large iPhoto library of some 30000 images, and within that, smart albums of pictures taken for each year in the past.  I set my screesaver to display photos from 2005.  Now, often, but not always, after the standard five minutes of inactivity, my screen goes black and the legend 'looking for pictures (or photos)'  is displayed, and there it sits forever.  I have to force shut down and restart the iMac in order to get out of this.
What is wrong, and can I avoid this in the future?

Have you tried using the app iPhoto Library Manager (VersionTracker.com)?
You may want to post your question in the iPhoto forum. I've asked questions there that never stumped a user named Terence Devlin.

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