Trying to load a movie clip from a child, to the main timeline

seems so simple.
I’m just trying to load a movie clip into an empty clip.

here’s my code…

loadMovie("_root.portalStage1._global.chosenPic", “_root.printClip”);

_root.portalStage1 is the container
that holds the child swf (I tried adding “.swfname” after the container name, but that didn’t work either)

_global.chosenPic
contains the name of the movie clip I want to load

_root.printClip is the empty movie clip I’m trying to fill
with “_global.chosenPic”

all this…to make a print button work…
print function really sucks in flash mx…
but that’s another thread…