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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.
Was Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome successful?
Kenneth Anger exhibited the film Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome at various European film festivals, winning the Prix du Ciné-Club Belge and the Prix de l'Age d'Or.
Did Kenneth Anger leave the US again?
The year Alfred Kinsey died, Kenneth Anger decided to return to Paris, where he was described at the time as being extremely remote and lonely.
did Kenneth Anger do any work back in paris?
In desperate need of money, Kenneth Anger wrote a book titled Hollywood Babylon in which he collected together gossip regarding celebrities, some of which he claims he had been told.

Question: was the book successful?
Self-contained rewrite: was Hollywood Babylon successful?