[2][3] In 1994, Gordon staged a cabaret show at Bimbo's 365 about Anita Berber, a Weimar era actress, dancer and writer,[4] later writing her biography.

[2] Two years later, he staged another cabaret show at the same location about Erik Jan Hanussen,[5] a clairvoyant close to Hitler, also writing his biography later.

[2] In 2019, the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin announced it had acquired the papers and personal collection of Mel Gordon.

[8] Among the papers are original documents relating to American method acting, German cabaret, and the Grand Guignol.

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