Repeating Movie Clips

Ok, so everything I’ve read is saying Flash should do this automatically but it isn’t. I have 3 movieclips on my main timeline: MozartMC, RooseveltMC, and FordMC.
On frame 1 of each clip I have: stop ();

On the last frame of MozartMC I have:
stop ();
_root.RooseveltMC.gotoAndPlay(1);

On the last frame of RooseveltMC I have:
stop ();
_root.FordMC.gotoAndPlay(1);

I can’t get the movie to repeat itself! It just stops after the FordMC and sits there. I tried putting _root.MozartMC.gotoAndPlay(1); on the last frame of the Ford MC and it almost worked. It looped and played the first MC but not the next 2. Any ideas? I’m sooo close to being finished with this!

JustSara