[Flash 8] dynamic mc on separate timeline

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What I’m trying to do is find a way to have dynamic movieclips on separate timelines but within the same level.

I tried the following but nothing is drawn on the screen:

In the main timeline, frame 1:

_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mc1",1);

On the stage is a movieclip called mcOne bought in from the file library

In mcOne’s timeline, frame 1:

 mc1.lineStyle(2, 0x00ee00, 100); 
mc1.moveTo(0,0);
mc1.lineTo(100,100);
trace("mcOne code");

While the trace outputs the message, no line appears when I test the movie.

Any ideas? I’m pretty new to Actionscript so any advice would be a great help.