Conversation so far:
what happened in 1953?
In 1953, soon after the production of Eaux d'Artifice, Kenneth Anger's mother died and he temporarily returned to the United States to assist with the distribution of her estate.
did Kenneth Anger do anything in the US?
Kenneth Anger befriended the film maker Stan Brakhage who had been inspired by Anger's film Fireworks, and the two collaborated on producing a film.
What was the film produced by Kenneth Anger and Stan Brakhage?
Kenneth Anger and Stan Brakhage's film was confiscated at the film lab for obscenity and presumably destroyed.
did Kenneth Anger make any other films in the US besides the film produced with Stan Brakhage that was confiscated at the film lab for obsenity and presumably destroyed?
Kenneth Anger's Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, created in 1954, was a 38-minute surrealist work featuring many Crowleyan and Thelemite themes.

Question: was it successful?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome successful?