Ballet scene. Paul Goldfinger photo.  From Once Upon a Time in America. The beautiful Jennifer Connelly played the young Deborah in this movie.  This portrait is from the ballet scene.

I recently wrote a piece on this topic.   You can go to Blogfinger.net  (our NJ blog)  and scroll down a bit to find it.

In the movie, the song “Amapola” was performed as a clarinet solo,  and it is beautiful. You can hear it by going to Blogfinger.net.

“Amapola” by Andrea Bocelli    from his album Amore.