This entry in the American Film Institute’s Catalog gives production information and a brief summary of the Colored Players’ film, Children of Fate.  It also cites a newspaper article that places the film’s budget at $25,000 (Chicago Defender 27 November 1926, p. 7) as well as Pittsburgh Courier 6 August 1927.  By Elissa Stern

Under a headline in enormous font stating “Colored Film Players Corporation Working Again,” this article discusses circumstances surrounding the production of the Colored Players Film Corporation’s Children of Fate, including a rumor that one scene will take over $25,000 to make.  By Elissa Stern

At the Elmore. Pittsburgh Courier, 10A. Aug 13, 1927. [Cited in Oscar Micheaux and his circle : African-American filmmaking and race cinema of the silent era / Pearl Bowser, Jane Gaines, and Charles Musser editors and curators. [0253339944] Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2001.]

An announcement for the presentation of the Colored Players Film Corporation’s Children of Fate at Pittsburgh’s Elmore Theater touts the film as “a super movie play with an all-star colored cast” and includes a plot summary. By Elissa Stern

Production-November 1926, March 1927
Premiere-April 18-24, 1927

This film was shot at the studios of Philadelphia-based production company, the Colored Players Film Corporation, at 5813 Woodlawn Avenue and was screened at Philadelphia’s Royal Theater in 1927. By Elissa Stern

Elmore Theater. Pittsburgh Courier, 10A. Aug 6, 1927. [Cited in Oscar Micheaux and his circle : African-American filmmaking and race cinema of the silent era / Pearl Bowser, Jane Gaines, and Charles Musser editors and curators. [0253339944] Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2001.]

Advertises a film by the Colored Players Film Corporation of Philadelphia entitled Children of Fate, with the interesting misprint “Children of Hate” as mentioned in Musser (2001). Cites the film as the “most talked-of movie of the year” and “The Greatest Colored Picture Ever.” By Elissa Stern