I found
Vertigo slow going on first watch, but the ending hit me hard and drove me to watch it again. It really does reward repeat viewing, as Tref asserts above.
Back in the early 80s, I worked as a projectionist, and Universal did a theatrical re-release of
Rear Window,
Rope,
Vertigo and
The Trouble With Harry. We showed all four, and I fell in love with all of them over the course of the month or so we had them.
Vertigo was indeed the toughest sell, and
Harry was the surprise that no one had heard of and everybody loved.
We were also provided with a long trailer promoting all four films, narrated by Jimmy Stewart. I kept that trailer for years, adding it to an eclectic reel of odds and ends that I would show to friends after hours. Among other things, it included old snack bar ads, promos for Dallas Community Colleges, a ten minute chunk of
The Big Doll House, the Star Spangled Banner, trailers for horrible children's films from Mexico, and more. We called it the
Midnight Matinee. I assume it got destroyed along with the theater in about 98 or so.
Which reminds me - if you want to see the best trailer compilation ever, check out
42nd Street Forever 5: Alamo Drafthouse Forever. It made me want to move to Austin.