Warner Brothers , owned by CNN parent Time Warner Inc. , could get $ 2 million from the auction , and it means valuable space will be cleared out in the props department storage . The house was owned by two wealthy 19th - century brothers . Studio bought it at an estate auction in 1942 for a fraction of its original cost . Auction house not allowed to reveal in which movies the furniture was used . You can watch post-1942 Marx Brothers period films to find the antiques .
The house was owned by two wealthy 19th - century brothers . Studio bought it at an estate auction in 1942 for a fraction of its original cost . Auction house not allowed to reveal in which movies the furniture was used . You can watch post-1942 Marx Brothers period films to find the antiques .