# Strang behavior when adding movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strang-behavior-when-adding-movieclip/313108>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 20, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strang-behavior-when-adding-movieclip/313108 "2010-08-20T05:11:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![phastings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@phastings](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phastings)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strang-behavior-when-adding-movieclip/313108/1 "2010-08-20T05:11:31Z")

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i’m just trying to add a graphic on top of a loaded image. Mrk is the graphic in the library. When i try and it below it doesn’t show up. even if i comment out temp.addChild(my\_thumb); it doesn’t show up. anyone have any idea why this would be?

function thumbLoaded(e:Event):void {

```
var my_thumb:Loader=Loader(e.target.loader);

var bit:Bitmap=e.target.content;

if(bit != null){
    bit.smoothing = true;
}
my_thumb.content.width=72;;
my_thumb.content.height=72;;

var temp:MovieClip=new MovieClip ;
temp.addChild(my_thumb);
    
var mark:Mrk = new Mrk;
temp.addChild(mark);

container_mc.addChild(temp);

```

}