In 1914, the Balboa Amusement Producing Company produced the drama St. Elmo. Balboa was not a film distributor, and had a standing agreement to sell its films to Fox's Box Office Attractions Company for distribution.[7][8] Some modern writers credit this film as Edwards's directorial debut.[4][9][10] However, contemporary sources named Bertram Bracken in that role,[11][12] as does the American Film Institute.[13] Aubrey Solomon's history of the Fox Film Corporation states Bracken "reportedly" directed.[14] Regardless of Edwards's role in St. Elmo, he was chosen to direct Life's Shop Window (1914), Box Office Attractions' first film as a production company rather than merely a distributor.[15]