loadMovie after unloadMovie isn't working

programming flash
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Hi,

This problem is really stumping me, and I’ve been searching for an answer with no luck.
I have a button that loads two swfs into two empty movie clips on the stage, at _root. In one of those swfs is a button to unload both movie clips. This works fine the first time, but clicking the first button to reload the swfs, they don’t show up. Here’s the code:


function showPhotoAlbum():Void {
    // load swfs
    mc_PhotoAlbum.loadMovie("AlbumPageFlip.swf");
    mc_Photos.loadMovie("Photos.swf");
    // initialise objects
    // position & hide photo album container
    mc_PhotoAlbum._alpha = 0;
    mc_PhotoAlbum._x = 0;
    mc_PhotoAlbum._y = 0;
    mc_PhotoAlbum._width = 849;
    mc_PhotoAlbum._height = 507;
    // position & hide photo container
    mc_Photos._alpha = 0;
    mc_Photos._x = 142;
    mc_Photos._y = 53;
    // fade in clip
    var twnAlbum:Tween = new Tween(mc_PhotoAlbum, "_alpha", mx.transitions.easing.None.easeNone, 0, 100, .6, true);
}
function hidePhotoAlbum():Void {
    mc_Photos._alpha = 0;
    // fade out clip
    var twnAlbumOut:Tween = new Tween(mc_PhotoAlbum, "_alpha", mx.transitions.easing.None.easeNone, 100, 0, .6, true);
    mc_Photos.unloadMovie();
    mc_PhotoAlbum.unloadMovie();
}

I’ve tried tracing the visibility and alpha values of both mc_PhotoAlbum and mc_Photos, and both report true and 100, but nothing is showing on the stage.

I’m not very advanced at actionscript. I’m in Flash 8 with AS2.

Any help at all is very appreciated!
Thank you!

(edited to remove a bunch of traces for simplicity)