In the prologue that frames the story, Douglas Walton plays Shelley and Gavin Gordon plays Lord Byron in The Bride of Frankenstein.
Elsa Lanchester plays Mary Shelley (author of the novel Frankenstein), as well as the monster’s bride.
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