Some pictures in iPhoto won't show or copy, but they're there

I'm using iPhoto 9.2.2. Did an update from the App Store just last week but didn't notice if this problem had anything to do with that update.
On some Events, some pictures seem to be missing. At first when I open the Event some of the thumbnails are there and some are thumbnails of one same random picture of wallets that I didn't even realize I had in my Library (I might have added it by accident). After a few seconds all of these thumbnails turn into grey ones, as if the picture wasn't there, but when I double click it I'm able to open most of the missing pictures normally - not all. Here's a screenshot:
When I first open the Event all of the missing photos look like the one with the wallets, but after a few seconds they all turn grey like the bottom ones, except for the ones that seem normal from the beggining. iPhoto says the Event has 88 photos and that includes the greyed out/wallet ones. When I open each of them, some show me a normal picture and some show me a blank page. I can't copy the Event or any of these individually. This is happening with more than one Event, but not all. I suspect if might only be happening with merged Events, but I can't be sure. I also suspect it might have something to do with pictures that have the same name as other pictures in my Library.
I would try to rebuild my library, but the whole reason why I'm trying to copy these pictures is that I just lost my backup drive. So this IS my backup right now. These are pictures I never really look at so I have no idea when this started. I also can't seem to find the real wallet picture to see what would happen if I deleted it. I think I must have saved it accidentaly from the internet.
Help?

If you have the space available on your hard drive and don't aready have a backup copy of the library make a temporary, backup copy (select the library and type Command+D) and apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Select the options identified in the screenshot.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
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