# Play MovieClip within MovieClip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-movieclip-within-movieclip/253750>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 4, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-movieclip-within-movieclip/253750 "2008-03-04T20:06:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![stangn99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@stangn99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stangn99)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-movieclip-within-movieclip/253750/1 "2008-03-04T20:06:44Z")

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Hello,  
I have a Box which have converted to a movieclip, and called it “box\_mc1”.

Within “box\_mc1” I have a circle which is another movieclip by the name of “circle\_mc1”.

circle\_mc1 consist of 10 frames, the first has a “stop()” action on it.

box\_mc1 has the following code:

on (release) {  
\_root.box\_mc1.circle\_mc1.play();  
}

This does not work.

Anyone know what I’m doing wrong?