Alright I'm trying to load an external jpg. I'm using createEmptyMovieClip(Image1,1) and then Image1.loadMovie(1.jpg)

The problem is when I do _root.createEmptyMovieClip(Image1,1) and load the image it appears in the upper left hand corner of my movie, but I can't do anything with it. I try to set x and y values and it does nothing. If I do trace(Image1._x) or _y it returns undefined. So I created a container at the location I wanted it to load and did container.createEmptyMovieClip(Image1,1). When I do that I can movie the container and what not, but I don't even see the image on the image load. My eventual intent is to load the image, detect when it's loaded off screen and then scroll it on screen. When it's scrolled off screen i plan to destroy the empty movie clip. Please help. Thanks.