A charming story about a con artist makes for an enjoyable holiday movie. Sidney Lanfield directed The Lemon Drop Kid (with uncredited help from Frank Tashlin), adapting Damon Runyon’s short story with Edmund Beloin. Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Andrea King, and Fred Clark appear in the film. It might be a stretch to classify it solely as a Christmas movie, but seeing it during the holi…