WILD ABOUT HARRY

HE WAS A DECADE’S DARLING….AND ITS VICTIM

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WILD ABOUT HARRY

A Friend who knew him well remembers HARRY REEMS

by Shaun Costello

He was born Herbert Streicher, on August 27, 1947 to a Jewish family in Brooklyn – and died Harry Reems, on March 19, 2013, a converted Christian, at a VA Hospice in Salt Lake City, Utah. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer. Herb and Harry. A dichotomy he leaves behind for the rest of us to puzzle over. As Herb he was a son, a brother, A Bar Mitzvah boy, a High School track star, a student, a Marine, an aspiring actor, and a loyal and generous friend. As Harry he was a porn icon, and international celebrity, a darling of the TV talk show circuit, a victim of judicial overreach, a convicted felon, a finally-absolved and victorious defendant, a drunk, a drug addict, a 12 step champion, a converted Christian, a successful real estate executive, a scratch golfer, a semi-pro skier, a loving husband, and, at long last, a happy man.

Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty were the first two Hollywood celebrities to come to Harry’s aid. Fund raisers were held in New York and Hollywood for the Harry Reems Legal Defense Fund

Before the media circus that surrounded the exhibition, and subsequent prosecution of the movie known as Deep throat, Herb was a good friend of mine. This book is a personal remembrance of an old friend, and the only actor ever prosecuted by the United States Justice Department for simply doing his job. I’m quite happy with the way this story turned out, and I’m quite certain that Herb would feel the same.
I have included almost a hundred color and black and white photographs of Harry Reems, and of Times Square in its pre-clean up days during the 1970’s.

Making a phone call on The Deuce could be hazardous to your health

This book is a love letter to an old and dear friend, and to the era and environment that spawned his legend.

DEEP THROAT became such a box office phenomenon that the Religious Right came out in force to demonstrate across the country

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May 29, 2015 | Categories: Fiction and non-fiction from Shaun Costello | Tags: 1968, 1970's porn, 42nd Street, After Inside Deep Throat, Alan Dershowitz, Colombo Crime Family, Cosa Nostra, Deep Throat, Forced Entry, Harry Reems, Herb Streicher, Hollywood Fund Raisers, Inside Deep Throat, Jack Nicholson, Linda Lovelace, Mafia, Pornography, The Deep Throat Trial, The First Amendment, The Trial of Harry Reems, Warren Beatty | Leave a comment