Time lapse movies

I am using QuickTime Pro 7 - I have named my files sequentially, as shown in documentation, can open any JPG fine with 'File | Open File' but 'File | Open image sequence'  does not show anything or do anything??
Any ideas?
Chris

That is exactly what I did - clicking on the first image doesn't do anything (using Open or ENTER)
The frame rate is shown on the same dialog - see attached
When I click 'Open' the dialog closes and I go back to the Quicktime panel with no image showing
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