Later, the desperate, ""fallen"" unwed mother (Edna Purviance) reappeared, after having becoming wealthy, and sought o regain custody and get the child back through social welfare workers in a heartwrenching, melodramatic moment.Ollie reassures him that it will be no problem to convince her, never thinking that his own wife won""t give permission for him to go:Ollie: Of course she""ll let you go." She remembered fondly how he had been her ex-beau ("Dear Oliver, you were sweet.So serious.So respectful.I was very fond of you, Oliver").In the past, she recalled that she was once "gorgeous" and hat "they named everything after me.Cigars, race horses, perfumes, battleships." When he was twenty-one, he had proposed:Carlotta: But one thing I shall always remember.The day you were 21, you asked me to marry you, Oliver....I thought it very sweet of you.You see I was 30-ish.I remember I went home and wept a little.They didn""t often ask me to marry them.Oliver: You broke my heart when you refused me, Carlotta.So I buried my grief in the shipping business.The crass, wheeling and dealingnouveau richebusinessman Dan Packard (Wallace Beery), an ex-Western miner and self-made millionaire, arrived for an appointment with Jordan.He rescued a little girl""s scared cat from a tree, although her mother didn""t believe her: "Haven""t I told you to stop telling lies?" As Air Force One prepared to land at Metropolis Airport, one of its engines was struck by lightning, and it radioed a Mayday signal for an emergency landing.